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Place of birth

Edmonton, London [663]

Edmonton, London, Middlesex [117]

Lower Edmonton, London [17]

Lower Edmonton, London, Middlesex [7]

Tottenham, Edmonton, London [6]

Upper Edmonton, London [4]

Edmonton London, Middlesex [3]

Edmonton Middlesex London [2]

Stroud Green, Edmonton, London, Middlesex [2]

Edmonton District, London [1]

Edmonton London [1]

Edmonton London, Essex [1]

Edmonton, Enfield, London [1]

Edmonton, London North [1]

Edmonton, North London [1]

Edmonton, london [1]

Edmonton,London [1]

Edmonton,London. [1]

Finchley,Edmonton,London. [1]

Hornsey, Edmonton, London [1]

Hornsey,Edmonton,London. [1]

London, Edmonton, Middlesex [1]

Ponders End, Edmonton, London [1]

Town Edmonton, London [1]

Upper Edmonton, London, Middlesex [1]

Wood Green, Edmonton, London [1]

Wood Green,Edmonton,London,Middlesex. [1]

Rank

Private [33]

Able Seaman [15]

Ordinary Seaman [9]

Boy 1st Class [8]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Rifleman [6]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Captain [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Sapper [3]

Corporal [2]

Driver [2]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Signalman [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

A/C 2 [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Boy Bugler 1st Class [1]

Boy Telegrapher [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal Mechanic (Airship) [1]

Corporal Rigger (Airship) [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Gunner [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Musician [1]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Pte. 2 [1]

Serjeant [1]

Signaller [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Steward [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [10]

South Wales Borderers [5]

HMS Ajax [4]

HMS INDOMITABLE [4]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

HMS Impregnable [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Air Service [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS VALIANT [2]

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Women's Royal Air Force [2]

1st Life Guards [1]

2nd Queen Victoria's Own Sappers and Miners [1]

5th Battalion Seaforth Territorial Forces Highlanders [1]

8th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Victory II" [1]

HM Submarine E50 [1]

HMS 'Viknor' [1]

HMS AMBUSCADE [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS Chester [1]

HMS Cleopatra [1]

HMS Colossus [1]

HMS Duke of Edinburgh [1]

HMS Eden [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Impregnable & HMS Crescent [1]

HMS Impregnable (training establishment) [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS NARBOROUGH [1]

Service

Royal Navy [668]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [129]

British Army [45]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [118]

H [80]

C [78]

W [73]

S [67]

M [59]

P [53]

R [38]

F [35]

D [31]

L [30]

T [29]

A [23]

G [22]

E [21]

K [21]

J [18]

N [15]

O [15]

V [6]

U [3]

Y [2]

I [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [835]

Country

United Kingdom [38]

France [1]

Germany [1]

Portugal [1]

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Place of birth

Edmonton, London [663] Edmonton, London, Middlesex [117] Lower Edmonton, London [17] Lower Edmonton, London, Middlesex [7] Tottenham, Edmonton, London [6] Upper Edmonton, London [4] Edmonton London, Middlesex [3] Edmonton Middlesex London [2] Stroud Green, Edmonton, London, Middlesex [2] Edmonton District, London [1] Edmonton London [1] Edmonton London, Essex [1] Edmonton, Enfield, London [1] Edmonton, London North [1] Edmonton, North London [1] Edmonton, london [1] Edmonton,London [1] Edmonton,London. [1] Finchley,Edmonton,London. [1] Hornsey, Edmonton, London [1] Hornsey,Edmonton,London. [1] London, Edmonton, Middlesex [1] Ponders End, Edmonton, London [1] Town Edmonton, London [1] Upper Edmonton, London, Middlesex [1] Wood Green, Edmonton, London [1] Wood Green,Edmonton,London,Middlesex. [1]

Rank

Private [33] Able Seaman [15] Ordinary Seaman [9] Boy 1st Class [8] Stoker 1st Class [7] Rifleman [6] Boy 2nd Class [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Captain [3] Leading Seaman [3] Lieutenant [3] Sapper [3] Corporal [2] Driver [2] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [2] Lance Corporal [2] Signalman [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] A/C 2 [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Boy Bugler 1st Class [1] Boy Telegrapher [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal Mechanic (Airship) [1] Corporal Rigger (Airship) [1] Deck Hand [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Gunner [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Leading Signalman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Musician [1] Officer's Steward 1st Class [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Petty Officer [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Pte. 2 [1] Serjeant [1] Signaller [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Steward [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [10] South Wales Borderers [5] HMS Ajax [4] HMS INDOMITABLE [4] HMS INFLEXIBLE [4] Royal Air Force [4] HMS Impregnable [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Naval Air Service [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS VALIANT [2] London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Women's Royal Air Force [2] 1st Life Guards [1] 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Sappers and Miners [1] 5th Battalion Seaforth Territorial Forces Highlanders [1] 8th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Victory II" [1] HM Submarine E50 [1] HMS 'Viknor' [1] HMS AMBUSCADE [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS Chester [1] HMS Cleopatra [1] HMS Colossus [1] HMS Duke of Edinburgh [1] HMS Eden [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Impregnable & HMS Crescent [1] HMS Impregnable (training establishment) [1] HMS LION [1] HMS NARBOROUGH [1]

Service

Royal Navy [668] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [129] British Army [45] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [118] H [80] C [78] W [73] S [67] M [59] P [53] R [38] F [35] D [31] L [30] T [29] A [23] G [22] E [21] K [21] J [18] N [15] O [15] V [6] U [3] Y [2] I [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [835]

Country

United Kingdom [38] France [1] Germany [1] Portugal [1]

George Hill

Born 1886

Died 1980

Royal Navy 14451 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy 595 Royal Marines Band

Royal Navy 595 Musician Royal Marines Band - HMS IRON DUKE

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Ernest Holloway Oldham

Born 1894

Died 1933

British Army Second Lieutenant King’s Shropshire Light Infantry

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Frederick Charles Prance

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29635

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Henry Bullen

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218190

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Maurice Eastment

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122200

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John Robert Birch

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 179018

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Albert Victor Paxman

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 248294

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Charles William Matheron

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6134

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Walter Henry Pinchin

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206887

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Bertram Radley

Born 1882

British Army C/4162 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 10th (Service) Battalion

British Army C/4162 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 16th (Service) Battalion

British Army C/4162 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 9th (Service) Battalion

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Frank Vincent Symmons

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27915

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Harry Rogerson

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243738

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Charles Ernest Brooking

Born 1897

Died 1985

British Army 2304253 Signaller Royal Engineers Signals

British Army 312670 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 74950 Driver Royal Field Artillery Attached 116 Field Battery R.G.A.

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Joseph Evenett

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306317

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Sidney Patten

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 139776

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Samuel Huntley Powell

Born 1894

Died 1918

Royal Navy F11143

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Ralph Newman Tedbury

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

Royal Navy Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service

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Arthur Stanley Ward

Born 1894

Died 1917

Royal Navy J56684

Royal Navy Palace Z/3630 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Palace Z/3630 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - S.S. "Paddington"

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Bert Joseph James Gear

Born 1901

Died 1920

Royal Navy J77919 Ordinary Seaman HMS Cleopatra

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Frederick Edwards

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 10448 Private Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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